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Revision as of 23:04, 18 February 2017
Commander (retired) Robert Herbert Borgnis Hammond-Chambers, D.S.O. (1 April, 1882 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Hammond-Chambers was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1903.[1]
Hammond-Chambers was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 September, 1911.[2]
Hammond-Chambers retired at his own request on 1 April, 1912.[3]
Hammond-Chambers was appointed in command of the destroyer Myrmidon on 9 October, 1914.[4]
Mentioned in despatches for services in raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend on 22-23 April, 1918. He would receive a D.S.O. for this on 22 February, 1919.[5]
On 28 May, 1918, Hammond-Chambers was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Botha.[6]
Hammond-Chambers was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 April, 1919, antedated to 11 November, 1918.[7]
World War II
Hammond-Chambers received three weeks of anti-submarine warfare training in mid-1939. On 26 September, he was placed in command of Cayton Wyke and of a group of anti-submarine trawlers. Sometime after February, 1940, he was made Maintenance Commander, Kirkwall Base.[8]
At the end of 1942 he was appointed in command of the land establishment H.M.S. Excalibur in the acting rank of Captain. He was superseded in or around March, 1944 and took up unspecified work on the books of Pembroke.[9]
On 8 December, 1944, he dislocated his right elbow on the Isle of Man.
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Wilfred A. Thompson |
Captain of H.M.S. Hasty 19 Apr, 1909[10][11] – 4 Jan, 1910[12] |
Succeeded by Cecil M. Queripel |
Preceded by Charles G. Ramsey |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 11 Aug, 1910[13] – 14 Jan, 1911[14] |
Succeeded by Christopher J. F. Eddis |
Preceded by James V. Creagh |
Captain of H.M.S. Myrmidon 9 Oct, 1914[15][16] – 20 Apr, 1915[17] |
Succeeded by George N. Gilbertson |
Preceded by Montague R. Bernard |
Captain of H.M.S. Tartar 20 Apr, 1915[18][19] – 6 Apr, 1917[20] |
Succeeded by Guy K. Twiss |
Preceded by Ernest W. Kirkby |
Captain of H.M.S. Manly Apr, 1917[21] – 26 Dec, 1917[22] |
Succeeded by Francis T. Hare |
Preceded by Roger L'E. M. Rede |
Captain of H.M.S. Trident 26 Dec, 1917[23] – 28 May, 1918[24] |
Succeeded by Arthur J. Landon |
Preceded by Roger L'E. M. Rede |
Captain of H.M.S. Botha 28 May, 1918[25][26] – 20 Mar, 1919[27] |
Succeeded by Leveson G. B. A. Campbell |
Footnotes
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 359.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 744.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 324.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 396c.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398o.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395m.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 744.
- ↑ Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.